JL;DR SUMMARY Guy Goldstein, a third-generation Holocaust survivor, critically assesses the political strategy of Zohran Mamdani, a newly elected Muslim socialist leader in New York City, positing that his tenure may subtly undermine Jewish legitimacy through an approach of inclusion and charm. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.